“Is it worthwhile, this ceaseless chase by which so many are
affected? Does it pay? And, after all, why this exciting pace which
has all too truly become a part of our national program?
“Must the sons of men be forever driven like so many beasts
of prey? Is there no escape from the
feverish haste which persists in manifesting itself in all the walks of life?
“It is possible for a Christian to make his active life
restful. He may carry the active life of
the closet into the street. The Shepherd
promises to lead him beside still waters.; and those are the deepest waters.
“This feverish hurried life which many of us lead is not in
God’s economy, depend upon it. If we
live in this way it is because we push on before the Shepherd instead of
letting him lead us beside still waters.
“Only when the soul is brimful of the life of faith does it
work in rest. Not until we shall have
let our life drop back behind God, to follow at the rate which He prescribes,
shall we learn what the words mean,
“Thou wilt keep Him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on
Thee.”
“Our little restless earth, and our little breathless lives
will take on dignity and deeper worth if we catch step with the rhythmic
movement of the quiet stars.
“Most strong men know times of silence. Abraham, alone with God,
made the father of a Nation; Moses, in the quietness and stillness of the
desert, received God’s message at the burning bush. The most of their training was in the school
of silence.
“It takes time to be spiritual, it doesn’t just happen!”
--Mr. Charles Cowman
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